2025 College Basketball Crown highlights
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College basketball programs that fell shy of the NCAA's March Madness tournament will now have the opportunity to compete in the postseason through the College Basketball Crown.
On Thursday, the AP announced that USC superstar JuJu Watkins is their College Basketball Player of the Year. Watkins averaged 23.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and a career-high 3.4 assists per game over 33 games for the Trojans this year. Her season was cut short mid-tournament by a serious knee injury.
Even so, Fox Sports executives looked at the schedule and thought there was a place for one more, working with AEG to put together the College Basketball Crown, a 16-team tournament in Las Vegas that concludes its inaugural edition Sunday.
Some states initially allowed bets for the 16-team tournament that began on Mar. 31, but bettors had their wagers voided and funds returned.
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